Last weekend we went to a park I haven’t been to before. It was raining and wonderful and Christopher came along which was unusual and made me so happy! The park was called Secret Woods Nature Center.

There were like a million tiny crabs 🦀🦀🦀 and a big blue one. 💙 This was the best picture we were able to get of him:

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I also saw a few snails!

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There were spiders everywhere in this park and many beautiful leaves and vines, and mushrooms growing everywhere. And butterflies, even in a rainy day (but I didn’t get any photos of them.)

Here are some other photos I got:

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It was a really nice outing and I came home with a new friend:

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This was just his carry case, he went in a huge tank immediately. The next day he’d created an epiphragm, but only for a little while. It was a proper epiphragm though, nice and solid! He soon pushed it aside though, more easily than I expected (it was a perfectly solid little white door) and ate lettuce and carrot, and red pepper. He’s been happy and active since arriving:

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We met very few people, sadly more than half of which did not wear masks, which sucks considering that the trails were narrow, and wearing masks was a requirement to be there at all… I certainly wore mine. Oh well. 🙃

It was a very fun outing especially with how rare these things have become. It was really special.